- Gustavo Petro wins the Colombian presidential election, defeating Rodolfo Hernández Suárez in the runoff
- In basketball, the Golden State Warriors defeat the Boston Celtics to win the NBA Finals (MVP Stephen Curry pictured).
- Former Bolivian president Jeanine Áñez is sentenced to ten years in prison on charges related to her succession to office during the 2019 political crisis.
- Voters in Kazakhstan pass 56 constitutional amendments in a referendum, following the January 2022 unrest.
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